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Benjamin & Kcntnnr Co- Brunswick Bids,
5 rifto At..,. New Xork. 1218 Feople'a
uea Bide . Cbicago.
j , BobaerlpUoB terms br mall or. to any addreaa
uj uio uoicea oca tea or ueaico.
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J BONDAI
Ooe rear, 12.50 I One month $ .28
' DAILY. (M0RNINQ OR AFTERNOON) AND
BUN OA X
One year. . $7.50 One month t .09
Tha 3 curt. though tirr hate erfl, ye gi
en a patient bearing. Imping that they
will ahow proofs that Uwy are not eTll.
Sir Philip Sidney.
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URGING NTJXJJFICATION
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WHY A CITY MAY BE LANGUISHING
N ADVERTISEMENT in a current magazine saya:
Persian citie died,! when the Portuguese discovered a water route
by which India's wealth could bis brought, to Europe at a lower cost
than v ruraviw.' Freie-ht rates still are the life or death of a
town. The realization of this fact has caused the organization of trafflo
bureaus by commercial organizations throughout the country. They collect
and compile Information on all tariffs, routings, eteamer sailings, laws and
decisions affecting transportation, Tour city may be .languishing from 'this
very cause. s
Yes, "freight rates still are the life or death of a town." And
your city may be languishing from this very cause."
It is axiomatic that the possibilities of production are determined
by the facilities of transportation. The freight rate Is as much a
facility in transportation as is the railroad line itself, ir the freight
rate is more favorable to one locality than another, the favored local
ity Is afforded a greater advantage both In production and in com
merce.
The freight rate affects everything bought or sold. It affects every
thing the individual eats or wears and everything h uses in any way.
The freight rate is a. tax that bears upon both production and con
sumption, both industry and commerce.
What freight rates mean to the Individual Is shown by comparison
During the fiscal year ending June 30,-1907, the average amount per
capita collected, by the government of the United States in duties
on imports was $3.84. During the same year, the average per
capita contribution to the revenues of the railways of the United States
was $30.86. The railways collected In freight taxes more than eight
times what the government collected in Import taxes.
Yet, throughout the length and breadth of the land, we are always
hearing discussions of the government tariff. But nobody talks about
the . transportation tariff.
An eminent authority on transportation has "said:
the six per cent tax limitation. It! the Carolines and many other south
I - a. a. fy . aV aid' ,1 A AakYin A nil n 41X1
ia more probable that the than who
pays is watching pretty closely to
see that no evasion Is attempted.
Letters . From the People
rOomnaalntiina mrmt ts Tea Joornal far
publication la this department should be writ
tea on only one aide of the paper, ahoald not
exceed BOO worda In lenath, and mast be ac
companied by toe name ana aaarvan m uw
tender, ir the writer dots not aesu w ur
tba same published be ahonld so state.
Oregon's Flag Iiaw.
Medford, Or, April 2S. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Kindly tell me
whether there Is any law prohibiting
the use of an illustration of the Ameri
can flag on any kind of merchandise,
papers or music. I especially wisn to
know if an illustration of the flag Is
permissible on a sheet of patriotic
music offered for sale.
M. A RAD EH,
The principal section of the Oregon
flag law was printed In these columns
on April 17. but Is here reproduced,
with two following related sections.
since questions relating to proper and
improper uses of the flag have become
of unusual importance. Oregon's flag
law Is contained in sections 2203, 2204
and 2205. Lord's Oregon laws
"Section 2203. United States flag.
desecration of, prohibited Any per
son who in any manner, for exhibition
or display, shall place or cause to be
placed any words or figures, or num
bers, or marks, or Inscriptions, or pic
tures, or design, or device, or symbol,
era states, while their descendants here
are legion, ,
So, the day arter me parauo.
naturally expected to find mention or
all , organizations that took part. I
looked in vain througn your pa.,
the Oregonlan and the Telegram for
any mention of a Confederate or any
branch thereof. Why. please, why?
Was It concerted action T
The- Oregonlan apoiogixea xor over
looking a small body of Poles, but
never a mention In any of the papers
of the slur Intentional or inadvertent
on the south.
Rmncmber what the southern states
AlA in 188S and what they are doing
now. and don't forget that they can
and will flsrftt ror tne Biara ana
as loyally and bravely as did their
progenitors in 1778 ani isiz.
A SIGHTSEER r&n Etna
fThe writer la laboring under an un
fortunate misapprehension, in me
contemplation of those responsible for
the abearance of the article relating
to the flower spoliation, all are "sight
seers"- who travel on the coiumoia
river highway for recreation or diver
sion, no matter whether they are vis
itors from abroad or residents of the
vicinage. The newspaper criticism was
thus all-inclusive.
Furthermore, there Is not locally any
opinion that southern people resident
here need special mention for their de
votion to the flag, which is recog
nized as being eo absolutely a matter
of course that any praise of It would
merely Imply the suggestion that they
might just poseibly be in some degree
less than fully and heartily loyal. Any
compliment to them would relate solely
to their numbers, appearance, the ap
plause greeting them, and the like. If
even this well deserved mention was
tacking in the published reports, the
omission can only be called uniortun-
ate, since there is nothing in tne senti
ment of the press or the people of the
entire northwest that doea not accord
the fullest honor to the southern peo
ple in whatever respect considered.
REGON is advised to revive
the dead doctrine of nulllfi
cation formerly championed
by the state of South Cam
Urging the people to ap-
prove the Bean bill, the Oregonlan
says:
- The Bean bill Is a pretty good pop
ular resolution that the ppl of
Oregon ARB TIRED OF FF.IeRAT,
, RESERVATION and bureaucratic rule
,and, that the land grant should be
promptly placed in possession of
settlers and industrial users. THE
STATE WILL NOT INJURE ITS
REPUTATION BY ADOPTING IT.
V It is the same course that Cal-
houn advised. There is no mate
; rial difference between South Car-
ollna nullification and proposed
Oregon , nullification as urged by
Lawyer Bean and the Oregonlan.
11 The Bean bill orders the grant
laIands to be assessed. The supreme
J",? court decision and the act of con
' gTess declare the grant lands pub
lic lands which means that they
cannot be assessed. Mr. Bean and
the Oregonlan propose resistance
to the federal government. They
nroDOse an attempt to void an
aci or congress ana a aecree . oi
the United States supreme court.
South Carolina in its nullifica
tion convention declared the tariff
acts of 1828 and 1832 "null and
, void." It authorized the legisla
ture to pass all laws necessary to
enforce the ordinance of nullifica
tion. And laws wer passed to
prevent the collection of the tariff
within South Carolina, exactly as
the Bean bill would assess grant
lands within Oregon in defiance of
the act of congress and decree of
the supreme court. The legislature
also gave the South Carolina state
courts full control of all cases in
volved under the tariff laws, a
procedure which seems to have
been overlooked in the Bean bill.
Andrew Jackson was president.
He issued a proclamation warning
, the people of South Carolina that
their action would end In war and
treason. - He pictured their fate
and the fate of the Union should
they persist In their policy.
Congress took a hand. It passed
the famous Force act giving the
president power to collect the reve
nues In South Carolina, using the
the purpose if necessary. Presl-
oem jacKson signea. me dui Aiarcn
- 2, 1833, and 14. days later South
v i Carolina repealed her ordinance of
nullification.
The Bean bill Is the exact doc
i trine that led to secession. It as
serts the sovereignty of the states
In proposing to do that which the
" federal government has forbidden.
Failure of nullification as a peace
- 1 ful remedy within the Union led to
the claim by South Carolina of a
- , . right to secede and ceparate from
the Union. That was the claim of
slave holders. ' It is the claim that
must, obviously follow from the
contention by Mr. Bean and the
Oregonian that federal authority
should be resisted in assessing the
' grant lands.
The doctrine of resistance to
federal authority by withdrawal
from the"" Union became the ac
, cepted policy of the south. South
"Carolina led the way in applying
it ; by firing on Sumpter. The
.slave holding forces of America
armed in defense of the policy.
- and the Civil war with its toll In
- life and treasure was the fruit.
' J If the Beans and the Oregonlan
, ' can .defy congress and the supreme
court by passing - the Bean bill,
they can defy congress by resisting
the, payment of war taxes, the col-
- lection of tariffs or in resisting
any other form of federal author-
- Ity. If they can assess grant lands
in defiance of congress and the
courts, they can, like South Caro-
' Una, take any other step in re
' sistance te. the federal government.
If their claim is right Calhoun
. -and "Hayne were right, Webster
V? and President Jackson " wrong:
then. Individual states are supreme
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or token, or notice, or drawing, or any
1 Transportation affects the price of everything bought or sold by any I advertisement of any nature whatever.
individual. , upon any flag, standard, color, or en-
2- Transportation limits the territory tributary to the trade of any city, sign of the United States, or shall ex-
8 Transportation determines the development of the resources of any pose or cause to be exposed to public
region. view any such flag, standard, color.
4 Far more than any one thing, transportation FTXES THB SHARJ5 1 or ensign of the United States, upon
OBTAINED BY ANY CITY OR TRADE TERRITORY IN THB COMMERCE I which shall be priwted. painted, or
OF THE WORLD. I otherwise placed, or to which shall be
"Your city may be languishing from this very cause." says the M- ne? yw omim
vertisement. bers, or marks, or inscriptions, or pic
There is 40 feet of water at the. Columbia entrance, a. nffllnt tures. or designs, or device, or symbol
depth to safely admit the largest ship afloat It is the same depth as S"-0; SS'iSS
at the entrance to New York harbor. whatever, or who shall expose to pub-
" There is a 30-foot channel to Portland. Use of that channel is all v'ew, or shall manufacture, or sell,
frooh utgtor Kot). fn-r. Yi Viita c.iri.. i I OI expose for sale, or have in posses-
" 7 "7 a luwot ueaeiiciai slDn ,,or e&1 or for us6 any aptlcie
cucl. auu jruiLittuu ia iu me vei y center oi things wnn tne only I or thing, or substance, being an articl
water grade gateway to the Interior on the whola Pacific coast. I for merchandise, or a receptacle o
In these articles, The Journal has shown that railroad policies In merchaSai.seJ up?n. wh,ch ?.hali J1
k, t,, ,, U poucies m been printed, painted, or attached, or
luo "uuu" Q1 ummuiauiD iu roiuauu. I otherwise placed, a representation o:
It has shown, for example, that the rate on grain from "Wallula, I any "ch flag, standard, color, or en
a a it. jl viae icu lavco, lis cava v uov i ' . , . . .
J rn -r,. a- ... rieht ther assert, that this is their
from Bend, 255 miles to Portland. J ornament or to ma'rk. or to distinguish own special prerogative that soon
Ponil ia 1 1 mltoa nosrw Pnrtlond hh iKiixia ..thin., nn .n r.i,..it will their hope of assistance Trom
But the rate is 8 cents higher than from Wallula to Seattle. Cponr TbS dXcV ar adve s by
As the advertisement says, your city may be languishing from defile, or cast contemDt. either bv the National City bank of New York
this vprv ransA " , I wvrd r nr-t nnnn mnv cnh fiou I whose nresident is the VanJerllp
standard, color, or ensign of the United who testiriea in w asnin&ton ocm
States, shall be deemed guilty of mis- the committee on banking and cur-
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
S'uIALli CHANGE
That class of men who In other
wars have been Home Guards are Just
me sort for home gardeners.
m m
After the sxeat war Is over there
will be a great dearth of sceptres, but
there'll be spectres to burn.
How would you lika'to get a cinch
on 'the first periscope shot away by
an American gunner?" borne souve
nir, mat.
Once It was thoue-ht a marvel that
the cow Jumped over the moon; now.
we snouid De more astonished to aee
the mooq Jump over the cow.
While lookina for vacant around to
raise truck on, why overlook railroad
rights of way? those long strips of
slovenly ugliness that might be made
uoia useiui ana Deauuiui.
Those musical and dramatic artists
who have '"appeared before royalty'
are going to have a hard time to find
any to appear before by the time the
worm simmers down alter the big war.
mm
The allies mar never specifically
punish Germany for it. but neither
they, nor the world, nor history, can
ever rorget that in this war ships
crews, and passengers, too. have taken
to their boats under continuous fire
f roan Oerman submarines.
Along about 1956, the booster for
the presidential aspirant of that day
will be proclaiming that his candidate
was born in the city, of rich but tech
nically honest parents, but by his own
unaided exertions qualified himself,
by working on vacant lots Sunday
and moonlight nights, so that before
he was 21 he was an accomplished
farmhand, and that he thence rapidly
rose until But you get the idea.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Baker county's hav and rraln crop
last year was worth $200,000 more
than it was in 19 IS. according to an
economic survey of the county's crops
completed by Walter Meacham, sec
retary of the Baker Commercial club.
The Gardiner Courier thus attests
the local spirit of patriotism: "There
nas not Deen a wedding In trus sec
tion of thu couutry since war was de
clared. The reason given for this by
a few of those who were somewhat
inclined is that the girls here will
not marry a slacker."
E. J. Runyard. city marketmaster at
Medford. is conducting a little food
preparedness campaign of tils own. On
the blackboard at the market last Tues
day morning, the Mail-Tribune says,
appeared the following: "Plant peas
from now on every two weeks unt:i
June 15. Winter cabbage whl make
you good money. Next best come onions
ana spuds.
N. D. Wood, former pastor of the
Methodist church in Weston. Is In the
government service as a coyote hunli"
near Redmond, where he has an alfalfa
farm. Having in his younger days
been a cowboy alonr the Texas border,
the Weston Leader says. Mr. Wood is
well fitted for this clasa or work ana
is said to find it quito remunerative.
This food conservation hint is let
fall by the Madras Pioneer's Warm
Springs correspondent: "Now that thj
price of foodstuffs is advancing every
day, especially meat, we tnink the
farmers over on the other side of the
Deschutes will have to stop killing off
the Jackrabblts. for the war may bring
a price on rabbits, too, and the farmers
will make money on both their grain
and rabbits."
Rag 1 ag and Bootail
St
ones from
Everynrte:
r
and the federal power subordinate.
Yet the Oregonian jauntily de
clares that the people of Oregon
are "tired of federal reservation"
and "the state will not injure its
reputation by adopting" the Bean
bill.
Shippers representing every Im
portant Industry in the northwest
are testifying before the Public
Service commissions of Oregon.
Washington and Idaho that the
proposed 15 per cent freight rate in
crease contemplated by the rail
roads would mean disaster. This
is direct testimony in support of
the fact that northwest business
will never be safe and prosperous
until plenty of ships are operating
from Pacific coast harbors.
. . . . mM.i ps r i
nmits all repeal by Implication." demeanor and subject to a fine of not rency, that, as desire possessed them.
Ut repeal bv imnlicatinn ! hr- it, than twentv dollars d20.0n nor they, the bankers, "Invaded or prac-
lutely unavoidable if we ar to more tban ono hundred dollars tically helped themselves. Just as a
h, . i I ($100.00). thief would, to money supposed to be
nave any new amendments. "Section 2204. Word flag,' etc.. as held sacredly to protect the depositor
The Journal has explained the used in act; what to include. The advice is given as follows:
rpnnnn trr V.lt, TV word flair standard entrtr ni n1m "Under the Circumstances (great
the cnnSm' .. the United States, a. used in this Quantities of money) money promises
wvu, VVUVUIUU a XI twill I
THE 0. & C. LAND GRANT DECISION
(To thla column all mdara of Tha lonui
ara InTlted to contribute original matter la
atorr. In verse or In pbUueovaical otoaarfatloa
or airiaina quotatlona, from anj source. Ooa- . -trlballuna
of escepthieal merit will be paJ4
ivb m k Lua ruiiur , anivraiaai.1
The Male of tlie Species.
T'HE little boy was evidently a firm :
believer in the old adage, "Of two
evils, choose the lesser." Turning; a
corner at full apeed, eaye the Topeka
biate Journal, he collided with the .
minister.
"Where are you running to, my lit- .."
tie man V asked the minister, when he
had regained hlB breath.
"Home!" panted the boy. "Ma's go-
ing to spank me." J
"What!" gasped the astonished min
ister. "Are you eager to have your
mother -epank you that you run home '
so fasty T-
"No!" shouted the boy over his
shoulder, as he resumed his homeward
msni. dui it l aon t get there before
pa gets home, he'll do it!"
The Place for the Consumer, i
If vmt ffk,l am If -vaii wnnlii ItW 1 1
leave town and move to a llttlo hut far
in ino mils, wnero you nouia
seldom ee other men, and where you.
could take time to live if you feel
that way, it is a sign you owe Just
about as much as wo do, says Claude .
Clallan, in the Fort Worth Star Tele
gram. We haven't any stubborn" cour
age, and when we see that the battle ';
is lost we want to retreat. We want
to get away from bargain counters,
taxes, Installments and meters. Right
now we wish our home was a log
house, two days from a railroad. We '
would want a home-made table in the' ;
MEDFORD MAIL. TRIBUNE: Among I states supreme court in tne ure8on center of the room and a. bia f irpnlaca
tne measures upon which tne people oi & aiuornia iano grant cam stan.ci ln ona ena yve could go out hunting
Oregon will be called to vote ln June
is the Bean bill, which asks the peo
ple to vote upon restoring the O. & C
grant land to taxation. The measure
was put upon the ballot by tV legis
lature, evidently to sustain i n rail
roads contention that the ;;operty
still belonged to the railroads and the
official recognition of this fact by the
state of Oregon would aid the rail
road in its efforts before the supreme
court. The United States supreme
court has ended all controversy by de
ciding that the railroad has forfeited
all right and title to the property, save
an equity of $2.50 per acre, as provided
ln the Chamberlain bill. The conten
tion upon which the Bean bill, was
based, railroad ownership, does not
exist. It does not make any difference
what the people vote upon this Bean
bill it can have no effect upon the
title to the land, which is reinvested in
the federal governmenVand the peo
ple of Oregon cannot override the
United States constitution and the en
abllng act by which the state was ad
mitted, by decreeing the taxation of
federal property especially exempted.
The only possible result is that if the
Bean bill is approved by the people it
will hold up the payment of dclin
OXE WAY OUT
T
HE congressional inquiry into
food prices has been at least
partially completed and a re
port has been made. It brings
to public notice one fact which
has been widely suspected, namely
that "reporA of food shortage are
misleading." Municipal Investiga
tions 'conducted in Chicago and
elsewhere disclose the same truth.
The warehouses owned by specu
lators are piled roof high with po
tatoes, meats and other edibles
while the people groan with hun
ger. Belief in a food shortage has
been sedulously propagated ln or
der to Justify famine prices. The
wheaten loaf that once sold for
five cents was priced at ten to try
the temper of the public. Now
the ten cent loaf grows visibly
smaller. Workingmen's families
are forgetting the taste of meat.
Evangelists of misery are trying
to persuade the American people to
be satisfied with a Chinese stan
dard of living.
The congressional Investigators
recommend municipal markets on
a large scale.
The greed of food gamblers Is
thus compelling use of a weapon
of defense which has been adopted
ln the belligerent countries as a
war measure and which might be
continued later as a peace measure.
ant ahull Irwlud a nil fln -.-.. .lull. In Ha in ahlindant SUOOlV. but if the i nnant tiTH Viw t h A mmnnnt tr tha
decisions and statutes is SO volum- ard, any color, any ensign, or any rep- banks have a proper regard for their counties until legal procedure has
inous and complicated that no hu- resentatton 0f a fltig, standard, color, responsibilities it will not be corre- been Invoked and the courts declare
man lnrlmstrr nnaivi or ensign, or a picture of a flag, stand- spondlngly cheap. Compensatory rates tne Bean bill unconstitutional. The
----- - '"uo"'" anJ color or ensign, made of any sub- for money and ample reserves enouia Bean bm Bhould therefore be defeated.
evt-ry mming contradiction. Hence stance whatever, evidently purporting be consistently maintained. xh authors and backers of this bill
If the people Vote away their right to b lther sall naK. standard, color, A hint from Wall street Is all that evidently were not acting ln good
to reDeal hr imnllratln n or 'lsien or the United States, or a i needed to have the understrappers faJth the people, or, of they were,
, f imyiit-auon mey Dy picture, or a representation of either fall in line; hence we see the Oregon becarrie catspaws for pulling the rail-
inac act vote away their power to thereof, upon which shall be shown contingent a unit. Any other first road-g chestnuts out of the fire At
amend tne constitution.' Why tne colors, the stars and the stripes, hand making or a loan, wnn an tne any rate tney sjmpiy burned their
Should they do anything so nr- T'V ,J l'uulu!r WI KU1Br mereoi, or Dy sweater iiemuisKf. '"S'"s own fingers.
J au'lulu B" f10! which tha nersnn ai!nr tVi nam ao lost tn th banker, would be an I
posterous? without deliberation, may believe the act -of high treason to the money ROSEBURG RrTVIEW: By the de-
Our "harmnnl7r" atrtantiir sanM to reoresent the flair or thlp-ii lid and thev will not foreero that clsion of the United States supreme
deem themselves a e-rpat riMi M5010". or the standard, or the ensign preeious, vested, privilege. Besides, court the government won .Its suit
JZr emset1es - Kreat deal of th( Unlted states. the enormity of the offense is past against the Southern Pacific railroad
Wiser than the Statesmen who I ns -nr,. . . w.k v.. fnt to reeain nearlv !. 300. 000 acres of Ore-
framed the constitution nf fha eluded herein. Thla at mll nn of an a.veracre 8 ner cent the farmers gon and Washington land, worth $30,-
United States. Those rentlemen apply to any ct Permitted by the are paying now; better than to put wwo.ooo. unued mates uistrict Aiior-
. - . - l statutes or tha unltel RtatM. or h-r tha TaJse notions or money value in ineir ucy no hii.iuuulcu. i'i -
speni a gooa aeai or time upon united States army and navy regula- heads which we of the money fund son has authority to accept any filing
their task and the instrument they tlons, nor shall this act be construed have so earnestly, patriotically and or fees until the department of the in
framed has been warmly praised t0 aPPlv to me regular issue of a news- persistently eought to Inculcate, is terior acts. Anyone who pays another
bv excellent Indies Tint th it PPer or other periodical on which shall poor returns for our patient efforts, money to acquire a preference right
uy exceiiem juages. But they laid bft DrlntM ...a Better to take government bonds at will be throwing his money away on
no restrictions of. this kind upon any advertisement."! 8H per cent, so the people, as Mc- la bunko game. The public should be
the amending power of congress a . . Culloch Insisted after the war as his warned against such schemes.'
- ' mm in wrn v lKirirr'a atpbtt i a i i
- - w-tm i reason i or lunuuK grvnuiu;KA ihlu
n.ll . Jt a II a rr aa.. a i . I m . m a. a a. a 1 1
m . .... , i-urwaiiu, flvru io uve ,auor or Donas, Tnoney is mo pieniy in pcoun ....,, nf tna rt-ciion at the United
They wrote "the congress shall The Journal Bent on "seeing America are really contracting habits of ex- Portanco of tne decision or tne unuea
propose amendments." They wrote first," i started from my home ln a travagance."
nfaln that a nr,sHnti.i ouiu aumuo aw two yenrt azo and unua. aa now, tne cormorants
u wu I l , . , . I , . . . , M . r 1
fcfUIk A" J LU.XlJf Ul CklU 1 UUJItl LllQ L 1 . 1 u w V -i u 1 1. J p. m -
can be realized insofar as It concerns during the day, and go home with a
tne xuture acveiuiimfni una ir- little game and a lot of talk. And Just
ment of the state of Oregon. The grant thlnlt of the coM everilnf?B whcn w
lands consist of approximately 2.300.- wouirt rcturn after nlcht. Martha.
000 acres reaching from the California wouid have a 8killeb of pone bread. '
to the Washington boundaries and of plenty of real bacon and some genuine
that total probably 800,000 acres are sorplium molasses. After supper we
capable of immediate agricuHairal de- ct)Jid read stories about frontier days.
veiopment. it is estimated mai muie Indians and bears. The busy world is
than 1,000,000 acres of the grant will an rlKnt for pr0dUCers and middlemen.
De ciassea as agricultural iano arm Dut we consumers ought to take to the
thousands of acres of the agricultural I hills. ' .
land are as fertile as any to be found -
ln the state. What the decision means uvuuawo.
to Oregon development can be vlsu- A Topeka traveling man brought In
alized by the fact that it throws at this one to Capper's Weekly: lie
leaat SOOOOO acres of agricultural land stopped one night recently at a ram
open to settlers in tracts of 160 acres shackle hotel ln a little western Kan
at a price of $2.30 an acre. Bas town. It was a dreary, uninviting -
bat rr f iptTAt iAfT?MAT Th. Pr8Pct, and the landlord was as
SALEM CAPITAL JOLRNAL These frayed down at th8 he4sl a- hJ
lands will soon be taken and will add hostelry
materially to the wealth of the state. A est camft aownBtair. th. next
They will become subject to taxation, mornln fum, wUh ,ndl(matlon an4
and relieve some of the western covin- tackled th toiilUc. "I didn't sleep a
ties of the state from a heavy burden wlnk a nIght;.. he roared. -x want
imposed on them by their containing to ther8 bedbugs in that
vast areas of nontaxable lands. room "
ROSEBURO NEWS: In the final rul- "Well." aid the landlord, as he siz
ing of the United States supreme court, sent-mlndedly pulled at his whiskers.
handed down yesterday, relative to the us gittin tnetume or the year lor
disposition of the railroad grant lands them."
which have been in "saUon for eight Hm IiurfoSrst Strike You?
or 10 years, the public has won, a long
hoped for boon. More than 2,30i,000 1 " loou ronKniuon ou-
acres of these lands have been with- P"8 at the university has developed
held from entry for many year, nor eome ' Interesting ideas, says the Los
could they be purchased of the rail- u-""" iwr.c-nn..
road company. This condition of af- Most entertaining was a suggestion ef
fairs has helped to retard the develop- Dr; A- .inn- ochemlat at the
ment of the state to a material extent, university, that burros be made to fur
as it is a fact that many people have n,?h ,matrl.al for th nmnufactur. ot
been waiting for these lands to either l"1"4- ?t
be thrown open to entry or placed on toothsome and in high for.ii Italy
the market for sale before coming to nd Germany. Heretofore R If. Vl
Oregon for the purpose of making n ml husbandman on the tiol-
v n..i,. . versity staff, has suggested that buB-
haa been vitally interested in this mat- ro- ,bet ould be uaed to supply a
ter, as a large percentage of the lands r for chicken feed. He tells
involved in the suit are located In this ! V" ITS"?? iJ'a
section of the state. Residents of
head, and that the hide Is worth CO
cents. The carcass will furnish $00
pounds of good chicken feed, at a cost
Roseburg have been anxiously waiting
. V, - 1.1 ntii.tm.nt tM. lanA
.7. ,.(!., i v,. of enly half a cent a pound. It la told
situation, and since the courts nave I ,u, .' . , . .....
.4.. .i a . .v,. that in certain sections of the state
government, and the act declaring this
fact also establishes the method of dis
posal. It Is believed that this city and
county will soon realize a tremendous
benefit as a result of renewed actlv-
the little animals, no longer used for
the transportation of ore. a re becom
ing a nuisance, troublesome in, them
selves and expensive in that they eat
grass that should be saved for cattle
vention properly called should pro- beauty, in nature and arts, from Maine gue and acclaim.
pose amendments. But they did to Key West. Last year I zigzagged CHARLES P. CHURCH.
not take it upon themselves to say I ftOTOS8 th continent and spent the win-
. Iter In California Votimlw r. n
- Vw, Th. il..t si? 4lk. n..
ity in development work and certain neTsT; gone7Arizona; and yt the
Influx of settlers. Lnmiu -rn inrrdn. v.Piv ann,.
thlnir of the ime sort can be said con-
UIOVA Tf RP UPAI THV ropyrlcht. 11T. cernlng hordes of Indian ponies in the
nUH IU DC. nunLini ay J. KmH northern -and eastern part of the state.
I i inbred and small, almost worthless for
TRACHOMA AND ITS PROBLEM.
Trachoma, a disease of the eyelids
V CWn-srfaJ T
how the people in the exercise of wide" real 'Sdt Crawfordsvllle. Or.. April 23To which flourished in the days of the
this sovereign right should repeal me and begat in me a desire to see tha Edltor of Tho Journal A signs Romans and the Egyptians, now pre
confHcting provisions. . They left m "glories." Ergo, I have or county papor for a year pays Bcnts a problem in this country that
. . ... "ey. ,e" hn visit- n h for the time he subscribes for it. and i. m0ra lara-ely economic than any
mat io me intelligence and patriot- two weeka So you ee I am a "slrht- nothlns- about its being sent any other in the whole field of preventive
ism of the people themselves, or seer," pure and simple, and I feel that lonr- But th Paper "till comes. A medicine. No one dies of the disease.
their representatives, and we think I owe It to myself and others, like me. "nLMW. flaVL. but hU f V10 VLil JV eco"
Oregon mav wll fnllow t,-t- to resent your insulting headline in ?.aper hn "nt.the" eventually made blind, while the eco-
I today's paner "Sihtser Rohhinr men moves oaca to tne iirst piace, nomlo useruiness i or every p"
amyie. mrhmt f T I V , I out tne paper is cent to him where he I preatly decreased, it would do con-
a party of six. lncludina- twochi dre moved to. for a long time. Sohe fl- servative to .ay that thewaR-e-earn-
Attorney General Brown has 8 end 10 year, old, who Went out In a J7.J .AS i J.r fZ"V-72l ln cp.ac ."v."", "rN
Civen a wrlttpn nninlnn tn tia af. I w. re were au visitors I . .v. . .. I ,. n .
fcw I anrl atnnnra to . . v wy . cAjiirauoo vi mo I average earning cayoi-iij ui
feet that the law restricting the SS SSThePtw- SS wS subscribed for. dividual.. It U an inflammation of
i- - i . . .. uoiucr ana nw two cnuaren. or me I .mwv rnrnmrT. -1.. . h.. .hh nriiinatai in
Zllr;. A 6 M17 onffrf?ftw a "hir eT ?? laV i- JnfecUoi transmitted from a diseased
legislature makes it harder, rather on i? Jw" a hire- car. All the L-Mxtalned in .ectlon 7685 of Lord's 1 Tto 1? normal one. The germ that
a-u i x . , . i oiners ocannr. in anDamjiea. hniid I - - - i j - . . . . i
-"m eooior, io seems inese lnstXU- -j,.-,,.,. " . on iaws: vrnenever any per- causes the disease na
mentsof destruction. This will be pntsTml ImTrlnt SrtAu "n' copnj'- or orpormtlon owning found. It may be that there are .ev-
. . . ., . ., , . , . frC". 4 . OI private eara or controlling any newspaper or pe- -ral distinct germs which cause the
bad news to the potential highway- True It was, as your article states, nodical of any klfid, or whenever any !infoms
wv, j i . . i Lnat inn wera larra nuamiriaa r i . . . . . . - i - . . .
.uuSa uu muruerers, dui 'm , , , " I eauor or proprietor or any suen news- Infection is caused ny tne aecrsuon
beneficial to the public safety. Itm-MrmUotMnil99' rio,iic& haJI mail or send from a trachomatous eye transmitted
,T?f .ffr? 1fbtBeer" m9 any person or person, ln thi. state The history of the disease shows that
totally unjust, if not untrue, when one without first receiving an order for in cases where it has apparently dis
r em embers that nine-tenths Of the cars I said newananer of naHnlo.l u v.. .hnwn itaalf later in
HE throne of Russia has been coInei v,. Ja5tles' . uch
person or persons to whom said 1 more serious attacks. The disease is
sent ud into the earrat. Kn. S"r"r r v,". newpaP" r Pnoocai is mailed or
. . .... . I v sauicr nuw- i sent, snail do aeemea to be a gift and . . , . t-ii.Vi r rt
body is likely to use It again era and they, alone of our party, had no debt or obliira.tion -h.ii VJr. here to lecture before the British Red
for some time. Gossip is busy them Moreover, it may readily be against such person or persons, wheth- Cross
Logan Billingsley, who has be
come somewhat noted in the news
dispatches by reason of bis sensa
tional conviction for bootleggin
and subsequent escape from the
Seattle jail, seems to be as elusive
as a German submarine. But
sooner or later some cruising de
tective will "hit him on the peri
scope" and tow him into harbor.
KING GEORGE
T
slow as regards contagion, but, never- any purpose and detrimental to every
tireless, runs through families, schools interest or tne range,
and communities. It is not obstinate Tempora MuuLtur I I). Q.
and the patient should be under the . . , ,, T
constant observation of a skilled ocu- ,Jhl ch&neine a" of
list for at least three months. This oldest ins Itutlons .ay. the New
often is difficult for patient, ln York Evening Post. In more pce
sparsely eettled districts, and yet ful aaya the typewriter repair man
without constant treatment the dls- cnl ln turned a screw, unf ans-i'd
ease may last a lifetime, the ribbon, wrote: "Now Is the t!m
, a for all good men to come to the a!-t-Trachoma
undoubtedly was brought of thejr party," and went his wav.
into this country from Europe. In But tlrne- are different. The re
Egypt where it has always been palr entered the offR-e this
prevalent. It is estimated that 90 per we,k and wrote: "A quick movement
cent of the population are afflicted. of tha enemy will Jeopardize six
In this country the records show that v...
most of the cases of trachoma are de- ,
rived from aliens who have come from Details Are Eagerly AwnltHl.
southern Europe, but trachoma was ' joe White of Willow Creek was In
also found when the large Influx of town this week says the Arlington
immigrants was coming from northern Independent, and informs us that he
Europe. Although generally found ln had a runaway while running a
cities along the Atlantic seaboard, it Fresno. lie says that when the
is also present in certain eections of team popped running the Fresno coi-
the south and west Virginia, West talned a cow caif ana mule snd that
Mrginia, southern Illinois Arkansas U took considerable engineerjnK to ex-
and the mountains of southern Mis
souri are what might be termed in
fected regions.
tricate them.
The Consumer's Complaint.
Next Monday Ventilation of Work- Just think of all the fodder
shops.
with the
can he keep
kaiser's RMt uftm iftnff Been that ther w&s J,tUo Incentive to er said newnpaper or periodical is re
Kaiser s seat. How long a transient visitor, here today and ceived by the person or persons to
eep it? Rumor is per- gone tomorrow, and ln hired rooms at whom it is sent or not."
A GOOD EXAMPLE
T
HE "harmonizers" of the state
constitution say in their ar
gument that if their amend
ment is adopted by the peo
ple it "will direct and control" the
interpretation of the constitution
"until It ia expressly changed or
repealed by the people." They add
that their harmony amendment
"expressly and definitely puts an
end to all repeals by implication"
and puts an end to "precedents"
which they in their superior wis
dom deem "unsatisfactory."
Evidently, therefore, ' the "har
monizers" are under no illusions
about the effect? of thilr proposed
amendment. They know perfectly
well that it will kill all future at
tempts to improve the constitution.
Indeed, they x implicitly ; say so in
these--selections from their argu
ment, .-Their amendment "pro-
Seattle Lawyer Visit,
t0 John P. Hartman, prominent Seattle
. rt.i.aiji iiiairna
Ristent that ihara to cmni..i.l -hotels or boardlmr houses, to dtmirl. L . attorney, is a ruruauu
revolution in his domainY which thft highway of its beauty for the mere U2TIUB ljan "d Folle"e. piano Official in City.
. e . . .1 luiuouaui, run ufTi , II 11- I T xwi Tvr TT Beach OI llOliailu. afiitn.,
only waits for an impetus to burstlliums and other wild flowers gath- the Editor of The Journal W. are .:,.- Cf tti e Bush A Lane Piano
.u..vau. isj iui Auoiiid YBi J I ma j ut, were " j " "t'nn .! Qn is a guest at tne .Mun-iiumwJi.
few exDet that hloatd mntr in fw 8ale all over the city during the editorials ln The Journal, and were ' ...
low expel mat uioaiei empire to v, T I t,tn to ri vom. af. o . t . -izhu i. rt
rt i -n . . . I uaj, a.iv. ,icu vuciu AW1 Illy I a " ' - w4 oaiiaiur I am.aw -rf
,aal . s'cal- w""" longer, its eie- hired rooms I and the others are able Lne. We take the Cottage Grove t.a tr.ith well known Salt Lake
m nn t a o i-a tAA HiaoniHni I - . J 1 a 1 f a a . . I CaitMSl w'vsa lAnA1a. a. W a I a-ca- a v .
e vuu uiDumaui. i io lhiv inciu iur iuo picijce ai wnicn i wm"mv w nmc are pud- -tirtr man timberman ana newspa-
-r.a. . . ... a . lew . -A ..4 V.. aw a i . 1 lharl f T ft anrl VT ' . a 1 M
XJUt wnai Wlli uappen in Eng- wcl OUBru iawicl vase me I - "" ue never per publisher, IB at roruwu.
it i. !V txeorge come when you invite tourists, don't in- to hit any on he doesn't like. We H S. Mitchell. Wauna lumberman,
through the war unscathed? Wo Unit them within roup rates bv mir- noticed in last week's issue. h uvi h at tha Portland.
think he will. He will loco nnno lnur the insidious distinction that vou I "Neither Harry Lane nor La TTni. a. D. Moore is registered at the
Of his Dover because h hm non dld and let your guilty residents, the lette has offered his services to his Washington from Bridal Veil.
tl r"56 D ,nas ?ne real offenders, go Scot free. country." I presume they are wait- Mrs. W. M. Horner and Miss Lena
vu iwos. uicdovu DC UUIM111K. JV1US A inn whllA T am In a. Mrannam.n I nr to enllBt in MP. T?vrij'a tl. nf T,1 (ItV Alien., are CTiesiB
George is a symbol, a simulacrum, mood,' I would like to make an in- I v7 all want to go in his company at the Multnomah.
an emntv show. He la nothing hut quiry rather than a protest, ln what I men, women and children for he is A. T. Morton is a Los Angeles ar-
We used to buy so cheap'
Those good old days are pail and gone.
And now we wail and weep.
Just take the lowly rahbasr.
That they used to giv awny
With every 10-cent purchase
It a nine cents a pound today..
Consider, too. the humMe bean'r
It, too. Is taking night
the hollow shell of a monarch. The x was an interested and enthusias- should be big and strong and young
a good specimen of what a soldier rival at the Carlton.
ONE OF THE OISGUSTED
TAGE GROVEITES.
COT-
PERSONAL MENTION
Jackson County Booster Here.
Jackson county good road enthusi
asts at the Multnomah Include J. A. tonla.
Henlnger and";. J. aiuiaey
are Baker visitors at the Perkins.
Miss Marie A. Barnett, wasco oana
er, is at the Oregon.
C. C. Clark of Arlington, member of
the legislature, is at the Imperial,
J. W. Bailey la a Baker arrival at
the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. George ir. osiana oi
H.vre. Mont., are guests at the Nor-
substance was squeezed Out of his tic witness of your wonderful and in
predecessors more than two hun-1 spiring patriotic pageant on Thursday.
drpfl veara gen made my heart swell with pride to
But the British love symbols. Kive me pleasure to note the partici-
partlcularly hollow ones. The I patiqn of the foreign born people ln
king is immensely convenient be- the splendid procession. And you may
fanaa -mMia ,D i , be sure I spared neither hands, feet
cause, while he can do nothing. COP vocal ehords in eneerin the JaP
be affords a ceremonial cue for rrviinAs fiomnnn Rarhiona
doin? vervthine. u ia thA nro- Poles and other nationalities. I ob, We8tcr!un' Proprietor of the Hotel! Edward Murphy. Tacolt logging
, a - - . served, with special pride and measure Holland; oeorge iu. boos and W. C. man. i. at the Oregon.
vcm iur wuaiBvsr uappena an yuuuu the colored contingent and Confederate Lever- . . J. W. DonneUy Is an Arlington ar-
iiie. u ne wouia try io oecome i veterans, some from my own loved I "WWeners Here for Day. rival at the Cornelius:
more than a pretext ho would be 1 Palmetto state, and Daughter, of the I . Mr Mrs George D Wldener of 1J- w- ldrh i a MUl City visitor
or,(fn v.,. v .in a- 1 Confederacy. It In no sense .urnrised I nvH..i.ki. I . . . at tha Multnomah.
auu uul, uuv .i, . v, I roMauc, 1-iu.a.uBii wv-iaaijr in mat .,t. Dknn. .f tt.mlltnn Out.
uio, o v. ia I r1r. anant FTldav In Portland Thv I vih'm a hu- v ' '
. . ... ... Lumi . uwmki. "- w.. v.. v.'.w .a. . . . VA.tw.nv -rnA . . . h . n . in n l lup , c&au.uAvu.
It IS Dareiy possible that tne tel, are nothing if not good Ameri- a D. Rosher of Carlton, is a guest
general taxpayer will not agree 1 cans. So I knew beforehand that they I . apuun arieion Arrives. t the 'Perkins.
nv o..: ji tt . TT... Isnnlfl b with the flaaT. as are thpil I rantaln fl. K Carlatnn nfV.Wu. Pnaa' T Tarott ' of Monmouth, a
aJ. ri, . t J I former master, and their descendente I ninster, B. C. who was with the Ca- I member of the Oregon Normal school
lvu' . I T fma. on inquiry, that Oregon hold.- I jadian forces In the hat tie of the facultv. 1. at the Portland.
means' Should he found Of evading rmany- son of. Maryland, .Virginia, and' Marne, is a -Portland visitor., He 1. 1 J. W Brewer, secretary of The
Dalles Commercial club, 1. at the Im.
periaL
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore of Nam-
pa. Idaho, are at the Carlton.
W. D. Plus Is registered at the Mult
nomah from Rainier.
F. B. Tichenxr of Port Orford, mem
ber of the Iee-isla.ture is at tha, Tm. I T? lirVit now lt'a UD to 14 Cents.
nerial. And will soon be out of sight
r TT TT A VV.... - .
the Oregon. A doiiar-fifty for.
Professor F. G. Toung of the TJn!- But now they ask two-ninety-flve,
versity of Oregon faculty, Is a guest And blame it on the-war. -..,.
at the Tmnerlal 1
Chester A Fee is registered at the .Mm t0"Vi
Cornelius from Fenaieton.
A. Gordon Bagley of Vancouver, B.
C. Is a guest at the Portland.
F. J. Bernard is a Kalama visitor at I Yoi've often heard at different time.
iv, Ttarirt-nm I nf tho meek and lowlv klna:
G. F. Pfaffenberger of San Fran- Right now they loom up big and
Ci"rTv' &" flfat frnH1 With mllf as high a. wine. . .
pany, is at the imperial.
R. R. Butler, attorney of The Dalles, Another product, too, we get
Is at the Imperial. . From thla same lowly cow -
Roscoe Howard Is a Deschutes rls- Fifty per roll it used to te:
Whirh for five we used to huv: '
Ten bone Is now the price they ask
Can someone tea mo wnyr
itor at the Portland.
One buck it costs u. now.
XSZJ&JrZlThBT ser that meat', not healthy..
man of the "Daddy Long-Legs
pany, i. at the Nortonla with
Alison.
com-
Mtt.
With steak at twenty-fiv. a pound,
I sure agree with that.
It used to be that wienie. .
Were the poor man', dally fare,
But now they're served at banquet.
With Russian caviar.
Russia Gratified.
From tba Plmbnrr Poat
Russians have hailed President Wil
son's war message witn Relight for I t.'t..i
more than the reason that it means nuan thla eruel war ia over.
another opponent for Germany. The I Then we may have surcease
reference to the new Kussia as being From tnis nign cost or nving-
a fit partner for a league of honor"! tai give us eajiy
is a compliment that may become a
household word In that country.
Coming Along.
in If. Cone.
Uncle Jeff 8 now Bays:
I'm alius lookin' fer the silver linln
to the cloud, but" U 'pears strange to
me if. after holdln-the railroad grant
Pearls have always been .old by the 1 n( ji Oregon un fer 60 year, the rail-
gram, nut sewing grain Dy me gram i road lawyers can't hold tt In : court
will be necessary if wheat goes any J .while .more. -and keep Oregon hack
! higher.' . -' ; . -. .' ' - same, ever.-..'
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